Umenishiki Aromatic Ale is a sweet, yeasty Belgian (style) strong ale which has a lot less complexity and rich flavors than it should.
You can watch my YouTube review by clicking HERE.
Sunday, June 7, 2020
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #298 -- Umenishiki Aromatic Ale
Umenishiki Aromatic Ale is a sweet, yeasty Belgian (style) strong ale which has a lot less complexity and rich flavors than it should.
You can watch my YouTube review by clicking HERE.
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #297 -- Umenishiki Bock
Umenishiki Bock is dark sweet brew with plenty of sweet roastiness and some light licorice notes. But it seems more like a porter than a true bock.
Click HERE for my YouTube review.
Monday, June 1, 2020
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #295 -- Umenishiki Pilsner
Umenishiki Pilsner has a pleasant Czech hop aroma but is sort of lacking in flavor. Not bad, but not the best.
Click HERE to watch my YouTube review.
Sunday, May 31, 2020
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #294 -- Hitachino Nest XH (Extra High)
Hitachino Nest XH (Extra High) is a Belgian (style) Strong Ale that has been matured in shochu casks.
Click HERE to watch my YouTube review.
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #292 -- Hitachino Nest White Ale
Hitachino
Nest White Ale is a witbier with a couple of unusual ingredients
(orange juice and nutmeg).
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #291 -- Hitachino Nest Pale Ale
Hitachino Nest Pale Ale is very much in the malty (as opposed to hoppy) UK tradition for this style.
My YouTube review is HERE.
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #289 -- Hitachino Nest Session IPA
Hitachino Nest Session IPA is a bit more full bodied and flavorful than most beers in this style.
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Saturday, May 30, 2020
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #288 -- Minoh Beer Coffee IPA
Minoh Beer Coffee IPA offers an unlikely mix of flavors, with the addition of Rwanda coffee beans from Osaka's Takamura Coffee Roasters.
Click HERE to watch my YouTube review.
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #287 -- Yo-Ho Craft Saurus Black IPA
Yo-Ho Craft Saurus Black IPA provides an easy, mild introduction to this minor beer style.
Click HERE if you would like to watch my YouTube review.
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #286 -- St-Louis Premium Pêche
St-Louis Premium Pêche is a pleasant, mild sort of mass-market fruit lambic. Refreshing on a warm late-spring evening.
Clich HERE to watch my YouTube review.
(plus a look at a ten-part Netflix series about the greatest basketball player of all time).
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #285 -- St-Louis Premium Kriek
St-Louis Premium Kriek shows off a lot of fruit (25% of ingredients), but is more like cough drops than a lambic.
Click HERE to watch my YouTube review.
(plus a look at "The Overstory," a fairly recent work of Eco Fiction).
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #284 -- St-Louis Premium Framboise
St-Louis Premium Framboise definitely features the fruit over the lambic character.
Click HERE to see my YouTube review.
(plus a look at, "Sugar Calling," a new podcast series).
Monday, May 25, 2020
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #283 -- Ginga Kogen Hefe-Weizen / 銀河高原ビール ヘーフェヴァイツェン
Ginga Kogen Hefe-Weizen / 銀河高原ビール ヘーフェヴァイツェン seems to be a relaunch, with some very minor adjustments.
Click HERE to watch my YouTube review.
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #282 -- Echigo のんびり ふんわり 白ビール / Weizen For A Relaxing Time
Echigo のんびり ふんわり 白ビール / Weizen For A Relaxing Time. This beer trades on its looks, or rather the looks of the cute branding characters, much more than its on own beer character.
Click HERE for my (short) review.
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #281 -- Two Rabbits Rabbit Kick Mountain IIPA
Two Rabbits Rabbit Kick Mountain IIPA. Not sure about the mountain, but the kick is definitely present.
Click HERE for my YouTube review.
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #280 -- Two Rabbits Scotch Ale
Two Rabbits Scotch Ale is a new and very tasty addition to the brewery's lineup.
Click HERE for my YouTube review.
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #279 -- Two Rabbits SMaSH IPA: El Dorado
Two
Rabbits SMaSH IPA: El Dorado is a Single Malt and Single Hop beer that
highlights two kinds of ingredients in a direct manner, without shading
or mixing aromas or flavors.
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #278 -- Two Rabbits Strawberry Sour
Two Rabbits Strawberry Sour hits the nose and throat with a mild kettle sour attack and a gentle astringency.
Click HERE to watch my YouTube review.
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #277 -- Two Rabbits The Jackrabbit Aussie Pale Ale
Two Rabbits The Jackrabbit Aussie Pale Ale highlights ingredients from the homeland of one of the owners.
Click HERE for my YouTube review.
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #276 -- Two Rabbits White Rabbit Kinkan Wit / ホワイトラビット 金柑ウィット
Two Rabbits White Rabbit Kinkan Wit / ホワイトラビット 金柑ウィット has a delicate citrus aroma and flavor.
Click HERE for my YouTube review.
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #275 -- Kyoto Brewing 冬眠からの目覚め（Toumin kara no Mezame) / Winter’s End
Kyoto Brewing 冬眠からの目覚め（Toumin kara no Mezame) / Winter’s End. Long name. This is a Belgian imperial stout which spent 14 long months in Ichiro's Malt whiskey barrels.
Sip slowly, or else this beer may put you back into hibernation!
Click HERE to watch my YouTube review.
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #274 -- Kyoto Brewing 毬子 / Mariko
Kyoto Brewing 毬子 / Mariko is definitely one of my all-time favorite beers from this brewery. It's a big, zesty Belgian IPA which develops great flavors throughout the palate.
If you'd like to watch my YouTube review, click right HERE.
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #273 -- Kyoto Brewing 春の気まぐれ 2020 / Haru no Kimagure 2020
Kyoto Brewing 春の気まぐれ 2020 / Haru no Kimagure 2020 combines flavor and aroma characteristics of the pale ale style with those of the New England IPA.
Click HERE for my YouTube review.
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #272 -- Kyoto Brewing 夕焼けの雫 / Sunset Juice
Kyoto Brewing 夕焼けの雫 / Sunset Juice is a refreshing sour beer which contains hibiscus flowers.
Click HERE to watch my YouTube review.
Saturday, May 16, 2020
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #271 -- Kyoto Brewing ささやかな至福 / Little Pleasures
Kyoto Brewing ささやかな至福 / Little Pleasures is a light pleasant saison, which pairs perfectly with your evening repast.
You can click right HERE to watch my (non-alliterative) YouTube review.
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #270 -- Kyoto Brewing Bonds Of Friendship / 親友との絆
Kyoto Brewing Bonds Of Friendship / 親友との絆, a collaboration with Toronto's Godspeed Brewery, is KBC's first beer using Brettanomyces yeast.
Please click HERE to watch my YouTube review.
Friday, May 15, 2020
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #269 -- Kyoto Brewing Shunkashuto — Spring 2020 / 春夏秋冬 - 春 2020
Kyoto Brewing Shunkashuto — Spring 2020 / 春夏秋冬 - 春 2020 is a lightly spicy and citrusy saison. Very refreshing during this late spring warm weather.
Please click HERE to watch my YouTube review.
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #268 -- Kyoto Brewing 夜空を藍染め / Indigo Skies
Kyoto Brewing 夜空を藍染め / Indigo Skies hits the middle range for a sour beer, with a gentle tartness and light acidity. But the raspberry and blueberry really shine here.
Click HERE for my YouTube review.
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #267 -- Kyoto Brewing 週休6日 / 6-Day Weekend
Kyoto Brewing 週休6日 / 6-Day Weekend is perfectly fine, any day of the week ... or the weekend.
You can click right HERE to watch my YouTube review.
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #266 -- Minoh Beer Saruyama Shikao / 箕面ビール猿山鹿男
Minoh Beer Saruyama Shikao / 箕面ビール猿山鹿男 is a beer/sake hybrid, with some interesting but very delicate aroma and flavors. The name is yet another reference to the monkeys that live in the hills of north Osaka prefecture.
Click HERE to watch my YouTube review.
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #265 -- Minoh Beer Osaru IPA / 箕面ビール おさる IPA
Minoh Beer Osaru IPA / 箕面ビール おさる IPA. The name refers to the monkeys that live in the hills above the Minoh brewery.
Click HERE for my YouTube review.
Sunday, May 10, 2020
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #264 -- Sapporo Yebisu Ginjo / ヱビス 吟醸
Sapporo Yebisu Ginjo / ヱビス 吟醸 is a moderately flavorful version of Dortmunder export. The name "Ginjo" is used to make customers associated the beer with sake.
Click HERE to see my YouTube review.
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #263 -- TDM 1874 Star Dust DIPA
TDM 1874 Star Dust DIPA...!!! Double (or Imperial) IPA is one of my favorite kinds of beer, and this beer really shows how potent and flavorful the style can be.
Click HERE to watch me swoon in my YouTube review.
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #262 -- TDM 1874 IPA
TDM 1874 IPA is an exceptionally well-balanced IPA. This is the 10th version, and the brewer is always searching for new ways to produce the style.
HERE is my YouTube review.
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #261 -- TDM 1874 Pale Ale
TDM 1874 Pale Ale fuses British and German malts with American hops. The result is quite something.
Click HERE to watch my YouTube review.
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #260 -- TDM 1874 British Best Bitter
TDM 1874 British Best Bitter is a wonderfully pleasant and mild brew. The style is rarely made in Japan, and this is the first one I've had from a Japanese craft brewery. Great stuff.
Click HERE for my YouTube review.
Thursday, May 7, 2020
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #259 -- Belhaven Wee Heavy
Belhaven Wee Heavy is so sweet and treacly that it almost seems like a baby barleywine.
Click right HERE to watch my YouTube review.
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #258 -- Belhaven Scottish Oat Stout
Rich, creamy, and warming, Belhaven Scottish Oat Stout is probably the best of Belhaven's regular lineup.
Click HERE to watch my YouTube review.
Saturday, May 2, 2020
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #257 -- Belhaven Speyside Oak Aged Blonde Ale
Belhaven Speyside Oak Aged Blonde Ale features caramel, dried fruit, and vanilla flavors -- all from the whiskey barrel.
My YouTube review can be seen HERE.
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #256 -- Belhaven Twisted Thistle IPA
Belhaven Twisted Thistle IPA is a malty UK-style brew, one which will not really please hop heads.
Click HERE to watch my YouTube review.
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #255 -- Belhaven Scottish Ale
Belhaven Scottish Ale is something that comes naturally to Belhaven Brewery.
Click HERE for my YouTube review.
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #254 -- Belhaven Craft Pilsner
Belhaven Craft Pilsner is a decent beer, but the pilsner style not really in the special line of this brewery.
You can click HERE for my YouTube review.
Ultimate Beer By Michael Jackson (Beer Book Review #4)
Ultimate Beer By Michael Jackson (Beer Book Review #4) -- a modest review and an homage to the best beer writer who ever lifted a pen.
Click HERE to see my YouTube review.
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #253 -- Yggdrasil Idun
Yggdrasil Idun, a hoppy apple cider, refers us to the Norse Goddess of spring and eternal youth.
Click HERE to see my YouTube review.
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #251 -- Yggdrasil Beer Patrol
Yggdrasil Beer Patrol really moves out, seeks out, and captures strong hop character. Love this one.
Click HERE to watch my YouTube review.
Beering in Mind YouTube Channel Beer Review #250 -- Yggdrasil Citrus Skål
Yggdrasil Citrus Skål is an eminently drinkable fruit beer. Flavored with hyuganatsu fruit, the citrus element is mild but certainly present.
Click HERE to watch my YouTube review.
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